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EU Steps Up to Fund Ocean Data Collection as U.S. Pulls Back

Published Jun 8, 2026 9:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

Following the Trump administration's decision to remove the global ocean sensor network run by the NSF/Woods Hole's Ocean Observat...

AFL-CIO Calls for Strengthening of U.S. Cargo Preference Rules

Published Jun 8, 2026 9:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

The AFL-CIO's maritime unions are calling for comprehensive cargo policies to generate the revenue base for an American maritime r...

DNV: Onboard CCS System Reaches 98% Carbon Capture Rate

Published Jun 8, 2026 9:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Corporate News

An assessment from global classification society DNV, using its Recommended Practice for performance verification of onboard carbo...

Despite Iranian Blockade, ADNOC Picks Up Pace of Oil Export Sales

Published Jun 8, 2026 8:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

UAE state oil company ADNOC is selling more of its crude than might be expected given the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz...

Retailers Forecast Early US Import Peak Season Followed by Further Declines

Published Jun 8, 2026 6:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Ports

In an effort to get ahead of some of the potential price increases due to fuel costs and possible new tariffs from the Trump admin...

Four Indian Seafarers Rescued from Abandoned Ship After 10 Months

Published Jun 8, 2026 6:29 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Shipping

It took intervention from the Turkish government to finally rescue four Indian seafarers who had been stuck on a decrepit cargo sh...

USCG Calls Off New Search for Missing Yacht Cruiser Lynette Hooker

Published Jun 8, 2026 5:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the disappearance of U.S. national Lynette Hooker as a possible crime, but has not been able...

Windstar Cruises Appoints Jennifer West as VP of Sales, North America

Published Jun 8, 2026 5:24 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Corporate News

[By: Windstar Cruises] Windstar Cruises has named Jennifer West as the company’s new vice president of sales. West joins Windstar...

ABS Proposes Using Efficiency Credits to Augment IMO Carbon Rules

Published Jun 8, 2026 4:43 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Government

The world's shipping interests are divided into two main camps on the question of carbon regulation at IMO. The first wants to sta...

UK Will Rebid Offshore Wind Lease Setting a Critical Test for the Sector

Published Jun 8, 2026 4:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

Posted in: Offshore

The UK's Crown Estate, which manages all the offshore assets, announced that it plans to launch a new competitive bid for a lease...

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